Neodori Forever Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · June 27, 2022

For our Neodori Forever Review, we play this retro-inspired, endless arcade 3D racing game inspired by the beloved old classics. A colorful cast of rivals is waiting to race against you in a variety of vibrant environments.
Collect power-ups and coins on the way to expand your car collection and outrun the competition.

Neodori Forever Review Pros:

Low poly 3D graphics style.
116.05MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Racing gameplay.
Graphics settings – post-processing, camera shake, and a UI scale slider.
27 cars to unlock.
Endless runner-style gameplay with auto accelerate and simple drift and boost controls.
Collect coins and fuel on the track.
Progress bar.
Drift corners and you have full control.
Police can appear if you are being erratic and they make your life a lot harder.
Decent soundtrack.
Plays well. World map event select.
The best score is shown in each event.
Bonus little events can happen from police to other racers showing up.
Unlock new cars by buying a random crate for coins.
The layout of power-ups and coins will randomize every run.
Steam cloud support.
Cars feel different but it could be a placebo.
A cool Walkman-style pause menu with music controls.

Neodori Forever Review Cons:

The drifting is really loose and sensitive.
No tutorials.
Minimal graphic settings.
The hitbox for pickups and coins is really small.
Cannot rebind controls.
Slow unlock system as coins can take forever to build up.
Hitting the wall is overpowered not just from damage but how much it slows you down instantly.
The menu is clunky with the controller.
Cars don’t have stats.
The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using the controller.

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Neodori Forever:

Official website.

Developer: Strobetano

Publisher: Crescent Moon Games

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Steam

8/10

Graphics - 8/10
7/10

Sound - 7/10
7/10

Accessibility - 7/10
7/10

Length - 7/10
9/10

Fun Factor - 9/10

7.6/10

Summary

Neodori is an endless runner-style racer game, you auto accelerate through some beautiful low poly locations, avoiding other cars and collecting coins/boost and fuel. All 27 of the cars you can unlock are aping real cars but they are not named, they look fantastic even in low poly. The music is very good and again they go the extra mile by having a Walkman-style pause and music control menu. This all culminates into a game that does have a huge learning curve in regards to drifting being so loose and each car seems to be stubborn in movement, but it does scratch an itch and I do find myself losing hours to it. Personally, I think the game would have played better if the lane changing was a bit more rigid and corners were wider for drifting but it is a great little game and well worth playing.